Where does “Blindwut” come from?
Blindwut (German) comes from German blind, from Old High German blint, from Proto-West Germanic blind, from Proto-Germanic blindaz, from French blindage, from French blinder, from French blinde, from German blende — to blend, to mix up; to make cloudy, opaque;...
Blindwut (German): blind rage; fury so intense that it precludes higher thought
Definitions
- blind rage; fury so intense that it precludes higher thought
Ancestry of “Blindwut”, step by step
Blindwut traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via German blind
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | blind | blind; cloudy |
| 2 | Old High German | blint | blind |
| 3 | Proto-West Germanic | blind | blind |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | blindaz | blind |
| 5 | French | blindage | armour, armour plating |
| 6 | French | blinder | to armor; to reinforce |
| 7 | French | blinde | pieces of wood used as cover or protection;... |
| 8 | German | blende | inflection of blenden: ## first-person singular... |
| 9 | German | blenden | to dazzle; to blind; to show off; to pose; to... |
| 10 | Middle High German | blenden | to blend, mix |
| 11 | Old High German | blenten | — |
| 12 | Proto-Germanic | blandijaną | to blind |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰlendʰ- | to blend, to mix up; to make cloudy, opaque;... |
via German Wut
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Wut | rage; fury; outrage; anger; ecstasy; frenzy |
| 2 | Middle High German | wuot | — |
| 3 | Old High German | wuot | mad, madness |
| 4 | Old English | wōd | mad, insane; mad, raging, senseless; mad, enraged |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | wōdaz | excited, energised, spirited; frenzied, obsessed;... |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | weh₂t- | excited, inspired; possessed, raging |